Australia on Tuesday (September 8) proposed giving social media users the option to select the content they see on their feeds, marking the next step in the government's push to improve online safety, following its world-first social media ban for children. Under draft laws proposed by the centre-left Labor government, social media platforms will be required to notify users and offer them a choice over their default feed.

SYDNEY - Australians could be given the option of opting out of powerful social media algorithms under new legislation cracking down on big tech, a minister said on Monday.

Social media platforms face scrutiny over addictive algorithms; new law aims to give Australians greater feed control.

Opposition is sceptical of new rules and their enforcement